Peaches and pecans don't scream holiday to me, but then again, I'm not from Texas. Spoetzl Brewery's Shiner Holiday Cheer is a Dunkleweizen-style dark wheat beer with the unusual addition of fruit and nuts. The aroma is rich and peachy, so you expect a blast of sweetness, but this beer is pretty crisp, with a tea-like bitterness, slight sourness on first sip and a bit more sweet roasted-peach flavor lingering on the finish.

It's not a rich beer, but the malt contributes a bit of caramel flavor, like the top crisp layer on a pecan pie. The beer is pretty nicely integrated considering how many different flavors are going on, but it may not hit your seasonal buttons if you're not somewhere warm.